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A Fly-Over Ramp: Town Square

Centra Properties

Turnberry Associates and Centra Properties are spending $3 million to construct a fly-over ramp in front of the 117-acre lifestyle development at I-15 and the Beltway, just south of Mandalay Bay.

The road improvement will help mitigate traffic flow along Las Vegas Boulevard. Motorists traveling north will be able to take the fly-over directly into Town Square. The fly-over then becomes an access road that loops around the perimeter of the complex Town Square which is expecting 63,000 cars daily when complicated.

The fly-over creates quick, easy access to Town Square's planned 150 retail shops and 12 restaurants. Northbound and southbound motorists also can enter from the main Las Vegas Boulevard entrance. Roughly 6,800 cars a day now pass in front of the Town Square project site, but that number is expected swell past 63,000 when the complex debuts in October 2007.

"This is the only fly-over ramp of its kind in Nevada that takes motorists from a public street into a private parking lot," said John Toth, a Clark County traffic engineer. "The fly-over ramp will do two things: It will eliminate the need to add a traffic signal, and it will allow continual, unrestricted northbound access into Town Square."

The $750 million, 1.5 million-square-foot Town Square project calls for restaurants such as the Yardhouse, Brio, Sapporo and Claim Jumper, along with 100,091 square feet of loft-style Class A office space.

Several national retailers have already signed leases, including: Victoria's Secret, Chico's, Lucky Brand, Cache and Tommy Bahama. There also will be an 89,000-square-foot, 20-screen movie theater onsite, operated by Dallas-based Rave Motion Pictures; a 24 Hour Fitness; a two-level, 92,000-square-foot Robb & Stucky home furnishings outlet; a 22,000-square-foot Borders Bookstore; a 50,000-square-foot Whole Foods; and a 270-room boutique hotel.

Town Square additionally incorporates the existing 175,000-square-foot Frye's Electronics superstore at 6845 Las Vegas Boulevard. Centra and Turnberry paid the Clark County Department of Aviation $5 million for the ground lease to the 16-acre site two years ago.

Town Square additionally features interconnecting side streets and 5,659 parking spaces with two garage structures.

"We are creating a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertainment destination and we want to make the Town Square experience as pleasant as possible from the moment patrons approach the site," said Jim Gdula, Turnberry Associates' director of development. "This design could set a precedent and may be an attractive solution for other developments with heavy traffic flow in the Las Vegas Valley."

In addition to the fly-over, developers are spending $7 million in other traffic upgrades, including a widened portion of southbound Las Vegas Boulevard from I-215 to Sunset Road. Construction on widening is scheduled to start this summer. The developers are also adding traffic signals, sidewalks, bus shelters and landscaping.

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